Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-06-01
An Extsu,iYe stock Parm.

An Extensive Stock Farm.
This week, an INDEX representative,
accepting the Inequalities of Ii. L. No
BILE, drove out to the extensive stock
farm of Miller & Benedict, q miles
west of this city and was well reward
ed for the trip, for he saw one of the
largest stock farms in the county and
admired more thoroughbred stock than
he ever saw OH one place in the county.
This farm is a consolidation of four
farms, the Newkirk place, the Howard
place, the Moss Hamilton place and
the Marquaad place, besides several
grazing tracts. In the body, under
fence, is 1920 acres, 700 of which have
been broken, 200 now being in corn. On
the place are hve farm houses, good
wells of water and fair amount or 9TH
er improvements. The headquarters
ranch is at present at the Newkirk
place, where Eli Benedict is in charge.
He was lately from Sedgwick county,
while his partner, DIR. E. z. Miller,
! lives in New York City. Mr.. Benedict
has an interesting family around him
and is living among all the comforts of
home. AT this place, for the present,
he keeps all of his fine stock, though
eventually, he will move to the Mar
quand place, one mile nearer town. with
his bloOded cattle, horses and hogs, and
will do his steer feeding at his present
location where he has fitted up yards,
stables, sheds, WINDMILL watering tank,
etc. The Windmill and tank were put
up by Noble Il Nixon, of this city and
they did creditable lob.
The INDEX was first shown the blood
ed horses by Mr.. Benedict. These are
young Hambletonian stallion and four
thoroughbred mares.
The young horse Pride, is as perfect
as picture in color, size and form, be.
ing a bay with star in forehead and one
white hind foot. He was foaled May
%. 1886; sire VIM. Tell; dam Princess by
Hambletonian Prince 500, son of Ham
bletonian Abdalla, by Mambrino, by
Imported Messenger.
a chestnut brood mare, aged, but yet
sound ia every way, waslsired by Scho-
bey's Champion No. S07, dam by Chance,
son of Chance by Rather, recorded in
Wallace's registry.
A bay filley, Jessie Tell, foaled April
%, 1885; sire VIM. Tell. 1892, dam Jes-
sic Patchen by Rysdyk's IIambletonian,
son of Alexander's Abdalla, sire of
Goldsmith Maid {; grand-dam Jessie, by
Geo. NJ. Patchen, record 2:23, sire of
Lucy, record 2:l8; grand neice of Hope
full. record 2:l4.
a bay mare, Dora Tell. foaled June
8, 1885; sire VIM. Tell, 1892 dam Dora
by Thorndale No sos, by Alexander's
Abdalla, sire of Goldsmith Maid; grand
dam, Dauntless by Harry Clay, great
grand-dam, Corning's Cassius NJ. Clay,
jr,; great-great-Granddam by Long Is
land Black Hawk
A coal-black, 2-year-old iilley, Mollie
Tell sire VIM. Tell; dam Mollie by
Sayres Guy Miller and Mollie Clay.
This is a spirited animal that attracts
the attention of every lover of horse
flesh.
The two bay 6lleys are good matches
and have excellent speed points.
The herd of IIolstein cattle next came
in for admiration. This herd is head
ed by Kalorama Boy, a long bodied,
squarely-built bull that is described
fully in another column in this issue.
He has soft yellow skin, indicative of
the milk and butter breeds. lie alone
is worth taking the drive to see. Then
comes the COW, Cute, calyed in June
1884, dam Cornelia Veno, sired by Pro-
moter, 1918. Then three high-grade
heifers, two years past; one grade heif-
er calf, sired by Nicholas Vedder, 1929.
Another beauty, Lille B., a roam heifer,
dark ears, neck, rump and quarters
calved in April 1886. sired by KaIorama
Boy, dam Jersey Belle. Then Jersey
Belle I'd, calved in April 1885, is roam
with white tail and light hind quarters.
TOpsy Ray, dam a grade Shorthorn,
sire kalOrama Boy. Stella Beauty,
black and white heifer, calved Septem-
Der 1886, ont of q Holstein heifer and
kalorama Boy. Mary Daisy, a 81
blood Holstein calved in January, 1887,
sired by KalOrama Boy. A seven
eighths HOlstein heifer sired by the
sire of Roscoe COnkling; dam Mollie
Garfield. Besides these, there are sew
eral high-grade Shorthorns and several
Galloways.
Mr.. Benedict also has a fine lot of
Poland China hogs representing nine
separate and distinct families, and from
these he can supply the county in few
yesrs with breeding hogs.
This farm is credit to any county,
and its owners are to be commended
for stocking it with valuable herds.
They spent over 5000 for freight alone
in getting their stock out here from
New York